Sword and Fairy Inn 2 Review (Nintendo Switch)

For our Sword and Fairy Inn 2 review, where Familiar faces from across the Sword and Fairy universe come together to run an inn and build a happy life in Sword and Fairy Inn 2, a cute and casual life simulation RPG that combines a huge variety of gameplay mechanics in adorable chibi style! Manage a family restaurant, travel the world to find legendary kitchenware and trade special food items, grow crops, play mini-games, and more! But above all else, you’ll need to make sure your customers are happy with the services you provide, which will bring more people to the village and make your inn a bustling success story.

Sword and Fairy Inn 2 Review Pros:

  • Nice graphics.
  • 3.8GB download size.
  • Game settings – Auto escorting on/off, and choice dish on/off.
  • Touchscreen controls support.
  • Ten save slots.
  • Tutorial pop-ups as you play.
  • Save when you want.
  • The menu once opened pauses the game.
  • Restaurant management gameplay.
  • The training room lets you select characters, and what stat to build up with it playing out in real-time.
  • Rest ends the current day and you get a pop-up of what is done/completed.
  • Full staff roster management where you set which character does which role and can be changed at the start of every day.
  • The menu can be edited, set the signature dish, and see info on all unlocked dishes.
  • Play how you want.
  • The autoplay button can be used whenever you want.
  • The general game loop is customers come in and you assign servers to them and get their meals and drinks within a time limit and get paid.
  • Emoticons pop up above customers’ heads to display the mood.
  • End-of-day breakdown with money earned, overall rank, employee wages, and customer/menu breakdown.
  • Characters working together will improve their bond which increases stats and their effectiveness.
  • In between the shop opening you can choose a character and leave the restaurant, the game then turns into a 3D village where you can go around to interact and buy.
  • All employees have unique stats for speed, strength, culture, charisma, and vigor.
  • Hire and fire employees.
  • A farm is out the back and here you play a full farming sim in that you pick, choose and harvest ingredients for recipes.
  • Upgrade your farm to unlock new plots of land, fishing, animals, and more.
  • The game just keeps going.
  • A good fit for the handheld.
  • Shortcut down the bottom of the screen showing the controls.
  • Upgrading the farm takes money and resources.

Sword and Fairy Inn 2 Review Cons:

  • The layout of each area of the game is not fun to navigate with the controller.
  • So much to take in.
  • Takes a long time to get going.
  • The pop-up is quite bad in the 3D town parts.
  • Cannot rebind controls.
  • It always feels like I am two steps behind everything.
  • It’s the controls and menu layouts that let the game down the most.
  • Has a mobile port feel and look to it.
  • You cannot speed up the auto game.

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Publisher: eastasiasoft

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  • 7/10
    Graphics - 7/10
  • 7/10
    Sound - 7/10
  • 6/10
    Accessibility - 6/10
  • 8/10
    Length - 8/10
  • 7/10
    Fun Factor - 7/10
7/10

Jim Smale

Gaming since the Atari 2600, I enjoy the weirdness in games counting Densha De Go and RC De Go as my favourite titles of all time. I prefer gaming of old where buying games from a shop was a thing, Being social in person was a thing. Join me as I attempt to adapt to this new digital age!